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U.S. health officials acknowledge that vaccine supplies are running short in places like California, New York and Washington, D.C. Another 100,000 doses will be delivered to states over the next few days.
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Opinion writers discuss monkeypox, abortion, and covid.
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The Commonwealth Fund's study found higher rates of avoidable deaths, chronic illnesses, and mental health issues in U.S. men compared with a number of other developed nations. Meanwhile, the U.N. warned the pandemic caused 25 million kids worldwide to fall behind on regular vaccinations.
In particular, cases are being seen more often in women and in babies, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. California's public health tax, a fertility treatment suit against a Kentucky doctor, and more are also in the news.
The decision, Stat reports, has the pharmaceutical industry on "edge" because it could impact how they have to specify replication processes for new medicines. Other reports cover worries over the rising strength of infectious diseases even as Big Pharma is less interested in antibiotics.
Two studies have pinpointed adenovirus in the vast majority of unexplained cases. But, the researchers wrote, "if human adenovirus was causative, this was not an outbreak driven by a single strain." Other health news is on salmonella, PFAS, breastfeeding at work, Y chromosomes, and more.
Saturday sees a big change for the nationwide system, with news outlets covering final preparations for the change and some of the potential benefits and impacts, including worries over increased demand. Separately, Colorado mental health counselors express dismay over rule changes.
The White House announced President Joe Biden's choices, with the panel's goal being to advise him about reducing the impact of cancer. In other news, cancer cells are found to sense "sweet spots" to hide in the body, and a link between charcuterie and colon cancer is confirmed.
The vetoes were aimed at parts of the $22.2 billion education budget that hurt abortion access for college students. Items that restricted embryonic stem cells were also vetoed. Meanwhile, Missouri's governor is refusing to call a special session for legislation to protect access to contraceptives and treating ectopic pregnancies.
Attorney General Todd Rokita says he is looking into whether the doctor filed the necessary reports about the abortion, but the doctor's lawyer says she did. The case continues to reverberate across the political spectrum; some officials of antiabortion groups say the child — who had to travel from Ohio because of its strict abortion laws — should have continued her pregnancy, and some Republicans are backing off earlier statements casting doubt on whether the case was legitimate.
The bill is highly unlikely to pass the Senate, which Thursday failed to advance legislation that would protect people crossing state lines for an abortion. Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa.), who has thrown cold water on earlier attempts to implement Democratic initiatives, told party leaders that he will support Medicare drug pricing legislation and enhanced premium subsidies for people buying coverage on the ACA marketplaces.
BA.5 is the most prevalent strain of covid in the U.S., and it's now deemed "hypercontagious" since it's shown to be even more resistant to covid shots. As reports cover ongoing infections, CBS News notes over half of Americans now live in a place where masking against covid is recommended.
Researchers stressed that the presence of viral DNA does not necessarily mean there is infectious virus in those fluids and that the primary mode of transmission is through skin-to-skin contact with infected lesions.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the challenge over federal guidance issued this week telling hospitals and doctors that federal law protects them if a woman needs an abortion as part of emergency treatment. Texas has abortion restrictions that are among the most stringent in the country.
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